Fish: A Memoir of a Boy in a Man's Prison

Fish: A Memoir of a Boy in a Man's Prison
by T. J. Parsell

Fish: A Memoir of a Boy in a Man's Prison
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Author: T. J. Parsell
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-08-31
ISBN: 0786720379
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Da Capo Press

Summary of Fish: A Memoir of a Boy in a Man's Prison

When seventeen-year-old T. J. Parsell held up the local Photo Mat with a toy gun, he was sentenced to four and a half to fifteen years in prison. The first night of his term, four older inmates drugged Parsell and took turns raping him. When they were through, they flipped a coin to decide who would "own" him. Forced to remain silent about his rape by a convict code among inmates (one in which informers are murdered), Parsell's experience that first night haunted him throughout the rest of his sentence. In an effort to silence the guilt and pain of its victims, the issue of prisoner rape is a story that has not been told. For the first time Parsell, one of America's leading spokespeople for prison reform, shares the story of his coming of age behind bars. He gives voice to countless others who have been exposed to an incarceration system that turns a blind eye to the abuse of the prisoners in its charge. Since life behind bars is so often exploited by television and movie re-enactments, the real story has yet to be told. Fish is the first breakout story to do that.

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